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Tellina (Macaliopsis)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Tellina (Macaliopsis) Dall p. 1020
1941Tellina (Macaliopsis) Pilsbry and Olsson p. 11
1987Tellina (Macaliopsis) Squires p. 68
2002Macaliopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusTellinaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusMacaliopsis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Tellina (Macaliopsis) aequizonata Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:08:38
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:59:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Tellina rosa (178752)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Tellina scalarioides (42583)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Tellina scalariodes (42584)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador (Manabi) Tellina aequizonata (51886)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Tellina frontera (66794)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ecuador (Manabi) Tellina lyrica (51878)